On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Kentrell Johnson <kentrell.johnson at yandex.com> wrote: > > Would it be possible to determine the chipset from taking it apart and > examining the internals? There seem to be no accessible screws on the > device, so I am not sure I can open it without breaking it (but am > willing to do that as a last resort).
This should be your last resort; if you are unlucky chips are unmarked or just one big ASIC. > Is reverse engineering the Windows or Mac drivers a possibility for > determining the chipset? Maybe running them through 'strings' would be > revealing? You won't know until you try it. :) Sometimes, the *.inf files provided with Windows drivers has clues about chipsets and so on. Worth a look (.inf files are text files) HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen